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Ann George

Ann George, Ph.D.

Retired Professor

Reed Hall 322

  • Rhetoric & Composition

Education

Ph.D., English specializing in Rhetoric and Composition, Pennsylvania State University, 1997
MFA, English, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1981

Courses Taught

Undergraduate:

Introductory Composition
Intermediate Composition
Rhetorical Practices in Culture: Rhetoric of Modern War Style
Writing Internship

Graduate:

Seminar on Modern Rhetoric: What is “New Rhetoric”?
Seminar on Kenneth Burke
Seminar in Rhetoric: The Rhetoric and Poetics of 1930s America

Areas of Focus

Rhetoric and Composition
Modern Rhetorical Theory
Kenneth Burke
Historiography/Archival Research
Critical Pedagogy

  • Articles & Essays
    • “Critical Pedagogy: Dreaming of Democracy.” A Guide to Composition Pedagogies, 2nd ed. Ed. Gary Tate, Amy Rupiper Taggart, Kurt Schick, Brooke Hessler. New York: Oxford UP, 2013. 77-93.
    • Invited chapter: “Finding the Time for Burke.” Burke in the Archives: Using the Past to Transform the Future of Burkean Studies. Ed. Dana Anderson and Jessica Enoch. Columbia: U of South Carolina P, 2013. 48-84.
    • “Reading Helen Keller.” Women and Rhetoric between the Wars. Ed. Ann George, M. Elizabeth Weiser, and Janet Zepernick. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2013. 97-113.
  • Books
    • Kenneth Burke’s Permanence and Change: A Critical Companion. Columbia: U of South Carolina P. 2018.
    • Kenneth Burke in the 1930s (co-authored with Jack Selzer). Columbia: U of South Carolina P, 2007.
  • Edited Volumes
    • Women and Rhetoric between the Wars (co-edited with Elizabeth Weiser and Janet Zepernick). Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP (Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms series), 2013.
  • “The Art of Living in A Time of War.” Keynote Address. Triennial Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society, East Stroudsburg, June 2017.
  • “Reading Archival Documents.” Webinar leader (with Dave Tell). Part of “Archival Encounters” sponsored by Penn State Department of English, March 2013. (150 participants nationwide)
  • “Rhetoric and Kenneth Burke.” Workshop leader (3 days), RSA Summer Institute, State College, June 2009.
  • “Mining the Burkean Archives.” Seminar leader (4 days), Triennial Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society, Clemson, May 2011.

Addran College 2015 Award for Distinguished Achievement as a Creative Teacher and Scholar

 
  • Kenneth Burke Society Vice-President, President, Past President (2005-14)
  • Co-editor, Composition Studies (2003-05)

Last Updated: November 19, 2024

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